Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 14, 2023

A 40-something with persistent Ventricular Fibrillation presented after attempted prehospital resuscitation A 40-something with no previous cardiac history presented to the ED in persistent Ventricular Fibrillation after attempted prehospital resuscitation. Finally, head-up CPR (which was not used here), makes for better resuscitation.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 17, 2024

The Importance of Civility in Critical Care Resuscitation A 3-year-old patient with diabetic ketoacidosis arrives at your ED. While you are leading the resuscitation, one of your senior colleagues belittles a junior staff member for struggling to site an IV line. Conclusion Critical care resuscitation is stressful.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

This is the fifth part of our series on "Early Modern Resuscitation." " Part I: Oral Airways, early resuscitation, and recognition of airway care. It was not a practical resuscitative aid until production could be commercially successful (~1895) and made portable in compressed form.

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PHEM Cast

APRIL 16, 2018

It might be better to consider traumatic cardiac arrest as a completely different disease eg LOST: Low Output State due to Trauma The 2015 European Resuscitation Council and UK Resuscitation Council Algorithms for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: To read the whole ERC guideline on special circumstances cardiac arrest including trauma, click here.

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Taming the SRU

JULY 2, 2023

Cardiac Arrest As mentioned before, tidal CO2 is a function of metabolic rate and cardiac output, so capnography can be utilized during CPR to monitor the effectiveness of chest compressions. 2011): 544-549. 2011): 189-196. Continuous monitoring allows for rapid recognition of tube displacement. 2017): 829-842. Whitaker, D.

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Emergency Department Pediatrics CPR Administration 88

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 9, 2021

Association of Intra-arrest Transport vs Continued On-Scene Resuscitation With Survival to Hospital Discharge Among Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Association of Intra-arrest Transport vs Continued On-Scene Resuscitation With Survival to Hospital Discharge Among Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Case: You are the medical director of an EMS system in a large city deciding on whether to respond to all out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) with ACLS capabilities, or if resources should be directed to those candidates for extracorporeal CPR. Bystander high-quality CPR can buy you some time until defibrillation.

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